[White "tbirdas"] [Black "waddin"] [Date "2012.09.08"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 c6 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. h4 h5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Nc5 13. O-O-O Bf5 14. e3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Rdf1 Qf5 19. Qe2 Qg4 20. Qf2 e6 21. Rh3 c5 22. Qg1 Rfd8 23. Rff3 d4 24. e4 c4 25. Qf2 d3 26. Rhg3 dxc2 27. Rxg4 hxg4 28. Rc3

[White "PrimeBC"] [Black "Narugo"] [Date "2012.09.09"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. bxc3 Bc5 6. Qd5 Qe7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 c6 10. Qd3 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. O-O-O Nd3 16. Kb1 e3 17. fxe3 Ne1 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Ka1 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Nxg2 21. Qh5 Kf8 22. Ngf3 Nxe3 23. Re1 Nc2 24. Kb2 Nxe1

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2012.09.08"] [Time "22:05:58"] [Round "-"] [White "aathmajan"] [Black "trituratorE"] [WhiteElo "1128"] [BlackElo "1196"] [TimeControl "180+1"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Na3 Qd7 8. Nc2 O-O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qc3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nf3 Nd6 15. Bd3 Rde8 16. Be3 Nf5 17. b4 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 g5 19. b5 Nb8 20. a4 h5 21. Rc1 Kd8 22. a5 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Nd2 Rxh1+ 25. Ke2 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 g3 27. fxg3 Bg4+ 28. Nf3 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2012.09.08"] [Time "22:23:19"] [Round "-"] [White "robnormal"] [Black "trituratorE"] [WhiteElo "1342"] [BlackElo "1186"] [TimeControl "240+4"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Nf3 Be6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. d5 Bf5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qc8 10. Nh4 Bd7 11. f4 Qe8 12. Nf3 b6 13. Qd3 Bc8 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nfd4 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Qg3 g6 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. f5 Kg7 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qg4 Kxh6 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Rf3 Rh8 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rf1 Qg8 27. Nd1 Kf8 28. Ne3 Ke8 29. Ng4 Kd8 30. Nxh6 Qg7 31. Nxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxf7 Rxh3 33. gxh3 Bd7 34. Bh5 Nc6 35. Qg8+ Be8 36. Qxe8# {Black checkmated} 1-0

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2012.09.09"] [Time "01:34:52"] [Round "-"] [White "gmonkey"] [Black "trituratorE"] [WhiteElo "1115"] [BlackElo "1178"] [TimeControl "120+12"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. h3 b6 5. Bf4 e6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 9. f3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qb7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. Nxd7 Bxf4 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. h4 Bg3+ 19. Ke2 Bf4 20. h5 g5 21. Bxh7 Ke7 22. Bg8 Bd7 23. Qh7 Rf8 24. Qg7 b5 25. c5 Qa6 26. b4 Qa4 27. Rhe1 Qc2+ 28. Kf1 Qd3+ 29. Re2 e5 30. h6 e4 31. fxe4 Bg4 32. Re1 Bxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Bg3 34. h7 Qd1+ 35. Re1 Qxe1# {White checkmated} 0-1

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2012.09.09"] [Time "02:13:24"] [Round "-"] [White "trituratorE"] [Black "SpeckEngine"] [WhiteElo "1185"] [BlackElo "1752"] [TimeControl "300+12"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "0-1"] 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Ne2 a5 9. b5 Na7 10. a4 c6 11. c4 Bg4 12. Qd2 cxb5 13. cxb5 Rb8 14. O-O Re8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nbc3 Re6 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh4 Bb4 20. Qd1 d5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Qb3 d4 23. Bd5 Rd6 24. e4 Qe7 25. Bg3 Rbd8 26. Bc4 Rb6 27. f3 Kf8 28. h4 h5 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Rac1 hxg4 31. fxg4 Ba3 32. Rc2 Bb4 33. Kf3 Bh7 34. h5 Qd7 35. Bh4 Rc8 36. Ng3 Kd8 37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Ke7 39. Rg2 Rf8 40. Rfg1 Nc8 41. Rg8 Rxg8 42. Rxg8 Nd6 43. h6 Nxf5 44. h7 Nxh4+ 45. Kg3 Be1+ 46. Kh2 Nf3+ 47. Kg2 Nh4+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Ke2 Qe3+ 50. Kd1 Qd2# {White checkmated} 0-1

[White "Moounir"] [Black "GuestAndra"] [Date "2012.09.09"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. h4 h6 5. d4 Nd7 6. d5 Ndf6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. b3 Bg4 9. Bc4 Ne7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Be3 Qxc3 12. Qxd6 Ng6 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qxa8 Ke7 15. Bc5#

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e3 h6 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 b5 8. b4 Bb7 9. a3 Nd7 10. c3 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. O-O Qd8 13. Nbd2 f5 14. h4 Nf6 15. Nh2 Qe8 16. Rc1 Qg6 17. Qf3 Rae8 18. Rce1 Nh5 19. Be2 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Bxg3 21. Rd1 Bxh4+ 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. Rg1 Bg5 24. Rdf1 Qf6 25. Rg2 e5 26. Qh5 Bxe3 27. Ndf3 e4 28. Nh4 Bg5 29. Rfg1 f4 30. Ng6 Rf7 31. Bg4 f3 32. Rf2 Be3 33. Rxf3 exf3 34. Rf1 f2 35. Nf3 Re4 36. Nfe5 Qg5 37. Qxg5 Bxg5 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Bh5 Kg8 40. Rxf2 Bc8 41. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "www.chesscube.com"] [Date "2011.12.01"] [Round "-"] [White "dimebar123@chesscube.com"] [Black "ticino@chesscube.com"] [Result "1-0"] [Time "09:00:13"] [TimeControl "1200"] 1. Nf3 h6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Nh7 10. b3 f5 11. exf5 exf5 12. Bf4 Ndf6 13. d5 Nh5 14. Qd2 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Bf6 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Nd1 Ng5 18. dxc6 Qxa2 19. Qxd6 Qxe2 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. cxb7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxb7 23. Qxb7 f4 24. Nc3 Qe5 25. Rfe1 Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Rab8 27. Qd7 Rxb3 28. Ne4 Qh4 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. fxg4 Rxh3 33. Ke2 f3+ 34. Kd3 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. Re3 g5 37. c5 g4 38. c6 Rf8 39. c7 Rc8 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Rd7 g3 42. Rd8 Rxc7 43. Rxc7 gxf2 44. Rd6+ Kg5 45. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "London m3"] [Site "London"] [Date "1846.02.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Howard Staunton"] [Black "Bernhard Horwitz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C60"] [Annotator "Mythrill"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1846.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Nd5 $146 {(M) Punishing black's queen for coming out too early. In this setup, black cannot play Qe7.} ({ Relevant:} 5. d3 h6 6. Nd5 Qd8 7. d4 Nxd4 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 (8... a6)) 8. Nxd4 c6 9. Nf5 Bf8 10. Bc4 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Qf6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nd6+ Kd8 14. Nxf7+ Kc7 15. Qc5+ Nc6 16. Qd5 Rh7 17. f4 Nb4 18. Qd1 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. c3 Nc6 21. fxe5 g5 22. Qf3 Ne7 23. b4 Bxb4 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. Bd5 Nxd5 26. Ba3 Qa4 27. Bd6+ Kb6 28. Rab1+ Ka6 29. Qd3+ b5 30. exd5 Rg7 31. Rb4 Qa5 32. a4 Rg8 33. Rxb5 { 1-0 Araujo,M (1969)-Oliveira,J (1573)/Portugal 2003/EXT 2005}) 5... Qg6 (5... Qd8 $5 {(M) A natural move. Avoids traps.} 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 {(M) Trying to transpose to an alapin-like sicilian.} O-O {(M) And black is cramped, but doing ok here.}) 6. d3 {(M) A natural move, solidifying white's position.} Nce7 (6... h5 $6 {(M) Looks inferior, but very interesting.} 7. Nh4 Qg4) 7. Nh4 Qe6 8. Ne3 Bc5 $6 {(M) I originally thought f6?? would be safer, but it turns out it traps the queen. Given this position, this is indeed the best move. Qf6?!, however, is playable.} (8... f6 $4 9. Bc4 {(M) Traps queen...}) (8... g5 $6 9. Nf3 $1 Qf6 (9... h6 $2 10. d4 $1 exd4 11. Qxd4 Ng6) (9... f6 $4 10. Bc4 Qg4 11. h3 Qh5 {(M) Black is relatively safe, but will be several tempos down and the kingside is extremely weakened. He may still castle queenside.} 12. g4 Qg6 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Ge4f5,Gg4f5] (M) A strong outpost for the knights.} 13. Qe2 { (M) Houdini says more accurate is h4!} b6 14. a4 (14. Bd2 Bb7 15. O-O-O O-O-O { (M) This seems safer for both sides, but white has the edge!}) 14... a5 15. c3 {(M) White's king can be in the middle, or castle queenside.} (15. Nf5 {(M) It looks good at first, but this may lead to a position where it is white's queen who gets passive.} Nxf5 16. exf5 Qg7 17. O-O h5 18. Kg2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Qe4 c6 21. c3 Bb7 22. b4 Rb8 $1) 15... h5 $1 16. gxh5 Rxh5 {(M) White's dark-squared bishop is weak.})) 9. Bc4 Qf6 10. Nf3 d6 $6 {(M) Black misses another chance to escape.} 11. c3 {(M) White misses a chance to either castle the king into safety or to attack white's queen.} (11. g4 $5 {(M) Aggressive. Threatening to trap black's queen, and possibly forcing g5, weakening black's kingside, who is behind in space and development.} g5 12. h3 {(M) Or else white's pawns would be vulnerable. I think white can safely castle kingside here...} h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Nxe5 Rh7 15. N3g4 $1 (15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qe2 {(M) I think black looks better here.}) 15... Qh8 16. Nxf7 (16. Nf3 Rg7) 16... Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxg5 Qxb2 {(M) This position is a complete mess, but white is certainly better.}) 11... Nh6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. a4 a5 15. Bd2 {(M) Black cannot castle, for 15. ...0-0?? 16. Bg5! Qg6 (forced) 17. Bxe7+-.} Qg6 (15... Qh6) 16. h3 Nf6 17. d4 exd4 (17... Bb6 {(M) Houdini's move, avoiding making the center very vulnerable.} 18. Bb5+ c6 19. Bd3 O-O {(M) And black is worse here, but still has chances.}) 18. cxd4 Bb6 19. e5 Nd7 $4 {(M) I thought this was the move that lost the game for black, but it was lost much earlier.} (19... d5 {(M) It turns out this is actually worse.} 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bd3 O-O 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Re3 {(M) Black can still fight here.} f6 25. Qe2 fxg5 26. Re6 Qd7 27. Bxh7+ Kh8) 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bd3 Qh5 22. Kh2 f5 $5 {(M) Tries to create escape squares for the queen. The only problem is that it allows d6!, making black lose an extra tempo.} (22... O-O 23. g4 $1 {(M) So, again, black cannot castle...}) 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rae1 Nfg8 25. Bg5 {(M) From now on, black's position seems pretty much lost. Let's see.} Qf7 (25... h6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bg3 Kd7 (27... Kf7 $4 28. Ne5+) 28. Bb5+ c6 29. Bd3 Re8 (29... Bc7 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Qe8 33. Bxh8 {(M) Black can still play, but his position is much worse.} (33. Bf5 Nxf5 34. Qd6+ Qd7)) 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. Qxb7+) 26. Ne5 Qe6 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ hxg6 29. Qxh8 Qd6+ 30. f4 Re8 31. Re2 Bxd4 32. Rfe1 Kf7 33. Qh7 Nf6 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Bxg6+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ng8 37. Bxe7+ 1-0